Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Thailand

Fertilizer use in Thailand in 2023 — 287.3 kg/ha. Ranked 21 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 16,606.3%.

2023 287.3 kg/ha +26.28% vs 2022
World rank 21of 191
Period maximum 287.3 kg/ha2023
Period minimum 1.7 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Thailand, 1961–2023010020030019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1.7 kg/ha1963: 3.1 kg/ha1965: 3 kg/ha1967: 8.7 kg/ha1969: 8.8 kg/ha1971: 10.3 kg/ha1973: 10.8 kg/ha1975: 12.1 kg/ha1977: 17.3 kg/ha1979: 17.7 kg/ha1981: 18.6 kg/ha1983: 27.8 kg/ha1985: 25.4 kg/ha1987: 35.1 kg/ha1989: 46.6 kg/ha1991: 54.9 kg/ha1993: 85.2 kg/ha1995: 88.3 kg/ha1997: 85 kg/ha1999: 100.1 kg/ha2001: 94.9 kg/ha2003: 126.5 kg/ha2005: 96.2 kg/ha2007: 116.8 kg/ha2009: 109 kg/ha2011: 143.8 kg/ha2013: 161.5 kg/ha2015: 135.3 kg/ha2017: 167 kg/ha2019: 113.5 kg/ha2021: 147.6 kg/ha2023: 287.3 kg/ha
Change over the period: +285.6 (+16,606.31%) Average annual rate: 8.61 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Thailand

Thailand 287.3 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
East Asia & Pacific 305.1 kg/ha
South-Eastern Asia computed 267.9 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 287.3 +59.8 +26.28%
2022 227.5 +79.9 +54.13%
2021 147.6 +11.1 +8.16%
2020 136.5 +23 +20.23%
2019 113.5 −25 −18.03%
2018 138.5 −28.5 −17.06%
2017 167 +20 +13.64%
2016 146.9 +11.7 +8.64%
2015 135.3 −21.6 −13.76%
2014 156.8 −4.7 −2.92%
2013 161.5 +15.8 +10.87%
2012 145.7 +1.9 +1.33%
2011 143.8 +4.4 +3.13%
2010 139.4 +30.4 +27.91%
2009 109 −1.6 −1.45%
2008 110.6 −6.2 −5.27%
2007 116.8 +17 +16.98%
2006 99.8 +3.6 +3.75%
2005 96.2 −15.6 −13.97%
2004 111.8 −14.7 −11.63%
2003 126.5 +26.5 +26.54%
2002 100 +5.1 +5.33%
2001 94.9 +6.6 +7.51%
2000 88.3 −11.8 −11.76%
1999 100.1 +7 +7.53%
1998 93.1 +8 +9.45%
1997 85 −3.2 −3.63%
1996 88.2 −0.1 −0.11%
1995 88.3 +8.7 +10.93%
1994 79.6 −5.5 −6.49%
1993 85.2 +20.3 +31.33%
1992 64.8 +9.9 +18.02%
1991 54.9 −4.7 −7.91%
1990 59.7 +13.1 +28.11%
1989 46.6 +3.1 +7.15%
1988 43.5 +8.3 +23.72%
1987 35.1 +3.6 +11.33%
1986 31.6 +6.2 +24.46%
1985 25.4 −0.3 −1.01%
1984 25.6 −2.2 −7.86%
1983 27.8 +9.1 +48.61%
1982 18.7 +0.1 +0.67%
1981 18.6 +1.9 +11.53%
1980 16.7 −1.1 −6.1%
1979 17.7 −0.1 −0.73%
1978 17.9 +0.6 +3.61%
1977 17.3 +1.6 +10.33%
1976 15.6 +3.5 +29.32%
1975 12.1 −1.7 −12.11%
1974 13.8 +3 +27.51%
1973 10.8 −1.4 −11.27%
1972 12.2 +1.9 +17.96%
1971 10.3 +3.7 +56.44%
1970 6.6 −2.2 −24.77%
1969 8.8 +0.3 +4.08%
1968 8.4 −0.3 −2.92%
1967 8.7 +2.8 +47.6%
1966 5.9 +2.9 +94.83%
1965 3 +0.2 +7.55%
1964 2.8 −0.3 −10.29%
1963 3.1 +1.1 +52.02%
1962 2.1 +0.3 +19.49%
1961 1.7

About the indicator

Consumption of mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphate and potash in nutrient terms) in kilograms per hectare of arable land. It is directly linked to yields, but excessive application leads to the pollution of water bodies and to nitrous oxide emissions — which is why the optimum, not the maximum, is the goal here.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by arable land — the same denominator that stands in the indicator. The figure does not distinguish types of fertilizer and says nothing about whether it was applied at the right rate and the right time.

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